ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní ligfeadh a choinsias dó é a dhéanamh, his conscience would not allow him to do it.
Ní ligfeadh mo chroí dom, ní bhfaighinn ó mo chroí, é a dhéanamh, I could not find it in my heart to do it.
Ní ligfeadh an ~ dó éirí, he was too lazy to get up.
Ní ligfeadh an ~ dó dul amach san oíche, fear wouldn’t let him go out at night.
Ní ligfeadh an ~ dó é a dhéanamh, he was too stingy to do it.
Is ~ fear nach ligfeadh leis é, many a man wouldn’t let him away with it.
Ní ~feadh sé air a chóta, he wouldn’t let his coat be put on him.
Ní ~feadh an eagla, an náire, dom é, I would be too much afraid, ashamed, to do it.
~feadh sé na gadhair fúinn, he would set the dogs at us.
Ní ligfeadh an ~ dom é, I’d be ashamed to do it.
Ní ligfeadh sé ~ air féin é, he wouldn’t have it cast up to him.
Níos ~ ná ligfeadh sé liom é, sooner than he would let me have it.